THE VAUDEVILLIANS
Vaudeville! It is an ancient art form that can strike confusion into the fragile brains of modern-type folk. Jerick Hoffer! aka Jinkx Monsoon! aka Kitty Witless in this particular instance! Three names for the same dude that can strike terror into the haters of hilarity and the enemies of sparkling talent everywhere. Here's the shtick: Drunk and married old vaudeville stars from the 1920s were accidentally frozen alive. (Jinkx plays Kitty, the missus of the couple, of course, and Richard Andriessen is her piano-ticklin', tuxedo-wearin' mister.) They thaw out. (God bless you, global warming!) A delightful evening of high-quality hilarity and ironic olde-timey singin' ensues. The show has been playing every Thursday for months, and it's damn well about time we got around to going. Right? Right. I'll see you there. Rosebud, 9 pm, free, all ages.
DURAN DURAN
Don't judge me. Comcast Arena, Everett, 8 pm, $49.50–$75, all ages.
SATURDAY 9/24
GUY BRANUM
Okay, so here is why you should do this thing, even though it's technically in, ugh, Bellevue (shudder): Throughout the mid-to-late-early 2000s, a guy called Guy Branum was the token 'mo on the Chelsea Handler show. Even more recently, he played the sassy faggot best friend in that movie where Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman are totes nude and having dirty sex all the time. (HOT.) "This is why you should take me seriously," he says. (And HE'S RIGHT.) He's doing three nights of standup at the Parlor Live (double-billed with a dude called Erik Griffin from Workaholics), and he asks me, "I was wondering if I could maybe get some faggots to the show?" Well. Faggotry assured, Mr. Chelsea Lately token 'mo. Faggotry most assured, indeed. The Parlor Live, Bellevue, 7:30 and 10 pm, $20–$30, 21+.
